Brownjohn James Quotes & Sayings

By engaging with an object in a haptic way, I come to the surface of myself. — Laura Marks

The Bible has been used as a way of making us accept our situation, and not to bring enlightenment to the poor. — Rigoberta Menchu

During the twenty-one year rule of Amir Abdul Rahman (1880-1901), one of Afghanistan's more pro-British rulers, only one school was built in Kabul, and that was a madrassa. Condemned to play a passive part in an imperial Great Game, Afghanistan missed out on the indirect benefits of colonial rule, the creation of an educated class such as would supply the basic infrastructure of the postcolonial states of India, Pakistan and Egypt.

Afghanistan's resolute backwardness in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was appealing to Western romantics. Kipling, who was repelled by the educated Bengali, commended the Pashtun tribesmen- the traditional rulers of Afghanistan and also a majority among Afghans- for their courage, love of freedom, and sense of honour. These cliches about the Afghans, which would be amplified in our own time by American journalists and politicians, also had some effect on Muslims themselves. — Pankaj Mishra

It never fails. God will put people in your path that irritate you, especially if you're prone to be irritated. — Rich Mullins

Once again, that startled, wary look. "I'm treating you to coffee," he said. That — Neal Stephenson